Bound volume, minutes of Middlesex County Cricket Club Committee, 1949-1954. Includes minutes of Annual General Meetings, printed copies of the Annual Report and accounts from 1949-1954, lists of candidates elected as members, lists of resignations and deaths of members, sample membership cards open at fixture lists, team travel and accommodation itineraries, copy of the agreement made with MCC for the use of Lord's and MCC facilities in 1952, copy of the revised rules of Middlesex County Cricket Club produced in 1953, newspaper cutting reporting on the fact that no rules existed for Middlesex prior to 1953, signed agreement for Barclays Bank Limited to be appointed Custodian Trustees of Middlesex, table of securities owned by Middlesex, invitation card for the Middlesex vs. Australians match in 1953, table of gate attendances for Middlesex matches in 1953, draft fixture list for the 1952 season, statement of gate money for 1952, statement of accounts for S M Brown's benefit in 1953, summaries of match expenses paid to staff and players, invitation card for the Middlesex vs. Pakistan match in 1954, reports on the performance of the Middlesex Second XI in 1951, minutes of Middlesex Cricket Sub-Committee meetings.
Items include:
Decision by R H Twining to accept the offer of President of Middlesex, 25 October 1949
Decision to appoint R W V Robins as captain for the 1950 season, 15 February 1950
Discussion paper produced by I A R Peebles on proposals to publish a Middlesex Year Book, 19 April 1950
Meeting to discuss youth cricket in Middlesex, 10 May 1950
Decision to establish a Middlesex Junior Cricket Sub-Committee, 1 June 1950
Report of the Middlesex Junior Committee on the report of the MCC Cricket Enquiry, 12 October 1950
Letter from J A Paton Walker to the Committee proposing a motion to discuss the agreement between MCC and Middlesex at the 1951 Annual General Meeting, 25 January 1951, and minutes of a meeting between the Middlesex Committee, Mr Paton Walker and supporters of the motion, 19 February 1951
Minutes of a meeting of the Sub-Committee to discuss and review professionals' contracts, 27 September 1951
Memorandum discussing the staff position for work carried out by MCC on Middlesex's behalf, 1951
Table of the attendance of Middlesex Committee members at meetings, 1951
Report of the Sub-Committee appointed to prepare a scheme for the proposed Indoor Cricket School at Alexandra Palace, 1951 and 1952
Report that D C S Compton did not wish to captain Middlesex in 1953 and thus W J Edrich was appointed captain, 5 February 1953
Memorandum of recommendations for player expenses, 1953
Letter from R H Twining, Middlesex President, to Middlesex members informing them that tickets for the England vs. Australia Test match would be available for them to purchase, 13 May 1953
Report on Middlesex's performance in 1953 by Edrich, 29 October 1953
Report of the Middlesex Cricket Sub-Committee, 26 January 1954
Minutes of the Middlesex Sub-Committee for Members' Privileges, 3 June 1954
Discussion of an alternative location for the county cricket school, 28 October 1954
Letter to Middlesex members regarding the distribution of tickets for Test matches at Lord's, November 1954.
